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be punished if their attack is shielded, such as via shield grabbing or out of shield attacks. An attack that is difficult or impossible to punish is usually

vulnerability, meaning they can be punished very easily if read. Shield pressure is used to lure out one of the options to punish. An example of good shield pressure

rarely used as a result, only being useful as a risky hard punish or as a shield break punish in most situations. While not always true, characters with

allowing for harder punishes. Yet another change in Ultimate is that all characters have greatly increased traction, which makes OoS punishes easier to perform

players to be punished for going for a ledge grab, even though it is more difficult and less consistent than edge-hogging. The two frames of punish time don't

read (or, in some cases, react to) the direction of a player's tech and punish them. Characters with fast movement speed, like Captain Falcon, are very

make them highly committal, making them very easy for wary opponents to punish (particularly using a shield grab). Prior to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

are fast enough to punish any mistakes. However, Mewtwo can also use its great ground and air speed to mix up approaches and punish mistakes using these

neutral. Overall, Falcon remains a high-risk high-reward fighter with a solid punish game overall. Falcon has seen respectable tournament results from players

makes it his best hard punish option considering its immense strength. Overall, his smash attacks are all formidable for hard punishes. Both up and down smash

in the top of A tier. One of Sheik's greatest strengths is her formidable punish game. Sheik's down throw is one of the best combo starters in Melee, as

her to easily punish opponents that are quick to approach her on the ground. Should opponents reach Samus up closer, she can quickly punish and reset neutral

startup of their down smashes, which allow them to dodge certain attacks and punish them heavily. This leads them to sometimes be humorously labeled "spot dodges

traction generally require more precise movement across the ground and cannot punish attacks as effectively out of shield since they will get pushed further

game, as well as being able to dash away from shield grabs without getting punished, complementing his already-impressive range extremely well. Marth also

start his strong punish game and when he ends up offstage, he heavily struggles to get back on stage against a strong opponent. Ness' punish game unfortunately

because slow rolls are easier to react to and short rolls are easier to punish. Most characters use a rolling, somersaulting or spinning animation for

with almost any opponent while additionally making him very difficult to punish. In terms of attack speed, almost all of Fox's moves have less than 10 frames

viable option out of shield; all other options can be punished or do not have the proper range to punish well-spaced moves. Moveover, his damage-based armor

to, while Dragon Fang Shot has two separate chargeable portions which can punish careless shielding up close. Dragon Lunge serves as the centerpiece of Corrin's